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Human Rights Principles and NGO Accountability Online Forum

The International Council on Human Rights Policy invites you to participate in an online multilingual (English, French and Spanish) debating forum on Human Rights Principles and NGO Accountability.

NGO accountability is the subject of much controversy and its relationship with human rights principles merits further attention. The objective of the Forum is to capture the various perspectives, including areas of agreement and disagreement and help shed more light on this complex issue.

This Forum is intended to discuss how human rights principles and values influence the debate on NGO accountability. What does the human rights framework contribute to governance and management of NGOs? How does it determine the nature and limits of state regulation of civil society action? How can human rights values assist NGOs to navigate the complex relationships they have with their different constituencies?

The Online Forum is open to everyone and in addition to short invited contributions will also feature interviews.

The Online Forum will conclude later this year with an analytical report drawing on the discussions and the Council’s own research. We value and welcome your participation in the debate.

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New draft report on social control and human rights

The Council is happy to publish a draft of its latest report, The Widening Web of Control: A Human Rights Analysis of Public Policy Responses to Crime, Social Problems and Deviance for comments and review. This is the draft report of a research project on social control and human rights that examines the steady expansion of the power of public authorities and private entities to exercise control over different aspects of life through social policy. Continue

Nick Howen

The Council mourns the loss of Nicholas Howen, who died on 26 January in Geneva after a long illness. An active supporter of the International Council, he was the lead researcher and writer for the Council’s report Beyond Voluntarism – Human Rights and the Developing International Legal Obligations of Companies, which paved the way for much subsequent work on the human rights responsibilities of business Continue

New ICHRP report - When Legal Worlds Overlap: Human Rights, State and Non-State Law

The International Council on Human Rights Policy is pleased to announce the release of its report When Legal Worlds Overlap: Human Rights, State and Non-State Law.

A copy of the report can be ordered electronically. Every hard copy of the report is accompanied by a mini CD containing over 200 relevant background documents and material. Continue

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New Publication on Corruption and Human Rights

The International Council on Human Rights Policy (ICHRP) is delighted to announce the release of
Anti-corrupción: actualizando los desafios (Anti-corruption: updating challenges) by the University of Chile Human Rights Center. Continue

14th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) 10 - 13 November 2010, Bangkok, Thailand

The ICHRP is delighted to announce that the theme of the upcoming IACC conference will be “Restoring trust: Global action for transparency”.

Trust in the institutions responsible for a fair and sustainable future has been eroded. In the aftermath of the financial crisis insecurity has flourished and the challenges threatening the livelihood of populations across the world have increased, creating an environment ripe for corruption. Continue